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Company: Walmart
Current Parent Company: Walmart
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $1,500,000
Year: 2006
Date: April 24, 2006
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Wal-Mart agreed to pay $780,000 in penalties and costs, donate $100,000 to food banks, and pay $620,000 to a separate fund to pay for independent audits. This was in settlement of allegations it failed to individually price items, as required by Michigan law.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Michigan Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Michigan
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-discount stores
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.